Syndergaard finished eighth in Cy Young Award voting. He was also placed in a three-way tie with Christian Yelich and Addison Russell for nineteenth in voting for the 2016 National League Most Valuable Player Award.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Noah Syndergaard

There was a trend to pursue football in Texas but Syndergaard’s mother Heidi encouraged him to pursue baseball when he was a child.

When he was seven years old, he hit his first over-the-fence home run.

In his childhood, Syndergaard strongly disliked the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys while his family liked it very much.

During High School, Syndergaard also played Basketball.

At the beginning of his professional career, Syndergaard was selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the first round with the 38th overall selection, of the 2010 MLB Draft.

He is the hardest-throwing starting pitcher in Baseball. As per to MLB.com’s Statcast Syndergaard’s four-seam fastball averaged 98.3 miles per hour this season, the fifth-fastest of any big league pitcher, while his sinker clocked at an average of 98.

He lives with Mets teammate Michael Conforto.

Syndergaard auctions his gloves off to raise money for the Sjögren’s Syndrome Foundation, which helps to fight Sjögren’s disease, an autoimmune disease from which his mother suffers.